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  #1 written by Samantha Myers
  ธันวาคม 19, 2009 - 10:48 pm

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  The movies are in great quality! I wish there was a tab bit more extras but what they give is very interesting!
  Rating: 5 / 5

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  #2 written by georgia girl
  ธันวาคม 19, 2009 - 10:48 pm

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  The quality is very good. I had seen just one of the Star Trek movies previously. This is a great way to see them all and not break the bank. Highly recommended.
  Rating: 5 / 5

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  #3 written by Obiturized
  ธันวาคม 19, 2009 - 11:33 pm

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  The Motion Picture had been out of print for quite a while, and I was wondering how and why Paramount would put that out of print, of course they released the Blu-Ray version of this set earlier, which I was kind of upset about because I don’t have Blu-Ray, and I wanted these movies really bad on DVD, so a few months ago I bought Star Trek ‘The Motion Picture’ trilogy, but of course it only had ‘The Wrath of Khan’ ‘The Search for Spock’ ‘The Voyage Home’ and while I knew what movies it had with it, I was disappointed kind of, ’cause I wanted ‘The Motion Picture’ with it.

  Well, finally a few months later, they released the standard definition version, I was very pleased when I had found out they did, it was on the top of my list to get (along with ‘The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection, which I bought a few weeks ago), and they did a great job with that one, so I knew this one would be just as good…and it is.

  You get all 6 motion pictures of course, as well as a bonus disc ‘Captains Summit’, which I have not watched yet, I will when I watch all the movies, of which 2 I hadn’t seen before ‘The Final Frontier’ and ‘The Undiscovered Country’, and I watched them both last night, and I was very happy with them, I find ‘The Final Frontier’ to be very underrated, and ‘The Undiscovered Country’ was the perfect way to say goodbye (although in ‘Generations’ from ‘The Next Generation’ we saw Captain Kirk, Chekov, and Scotty one final time).

  As for ‘The Motion Picture’ I find this one to be criminally underrated, I think it is a great start for the movie series, I guess I saw more than most other people saw in it, and even after seeing it countless times in my teens, it just never gets old, great underrated movie.

  As for the trilogy part ‘The Wrath of Khan’ ‘The Search for Spock’ ‘The Voyage Home’, these were the most successful movies in the series, with good reason, it’s just an awesome three part adventure, epic, full of action, great acting of course, and great stories, everything a Star Trek fan could ask for.

  I can never get enough of Star Trek…well, aside from ‘Deep Space Nine’ and ‘Enterprise’.

  To me, Star Trek is and will always be ‘The Original Series’ ‘The Next Generation’ and ‘Voyager’.

  Bottom line, fans, buy this set, it is well worth the price paid for it, it pays for itself, and if you buy this set (and like it), what Star Trek fan wouldn’t? I suggest buying ‘The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection’ as well, as it’s just as nice as this.

  Hope this review was helpful.
  Rating: 5 / 5

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  #4 written by Twiddles42
  ธันวาคม 20, 2009 - 1:30 am

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  “Theatrical releases”.

  We FINALLY get Trek VI in the proper 2.35:1 ratio. AND the original cut, as the inserted bits only turn a benign President into a double-dealing creep unworthy of the Federation. (not to mention the 2-disc “Director’s Cut” release, which changes even more around, including the mind meld scene to the point the emotive effect is lost.)

  We FINALLY get “The Motion Picture” in original form, warts and all. The special DVD release prior to this one has CGI f/x that are rather good, but replacing an understandably repetitive computer voice with this cheap voice and klaxon — no way was the director involved with that change; it’s horrible. Ditto for hacking up a few scenes that didn’t need to be truncated…

  “Khan” definitely shows a proper film cleanup job, even on standard-def.

  The other movies look and sound great, especially for being standard-def releases! These cuts came were minted from the same masters used for the Blu-ray sets, so we won’t notice any negative differences, but Blu-ray users will. Go read their reviews: Blu-ray users are right in being disappointed in that only “Khan” was given the full restoration and the others given half-baked, upconverted “remastering” treatment. (Tangential question: Did Generation-Y do the work for all of these new releases? They’re all said to be lazy… Assuming the work was done by Americans, in this global day and age AND where “‘good enough’ is good enough” is just good enough, it can be done by anybody anywhere and if people don’t care, a poor quality product is the result. But that’s the gripe for the blu-ray set and not relevant here. Since the resolution isn’t being upconverted, the problems there don’t apply. )

  All in all, this is a fine release for people not desiring to go blu-ray or at least until blu-ray players are affordable and when Paramount can put out all 6 movies in a format that natively makes the best use OF blu-ray, which for now is only “Khan” that will. Even if you’ve bought all the other sets, these do look and sound better, and were what were shown in the movie theaters to begin with. Theatrical purists will indeed love this set.
  
  Rating: 4 / 5

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  #5 written by Unlucky Frank
  ธันวาคม 20, 2009 - 4:18 am

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  “Mr. Sulu, Impulse power.”

  I thought this might help, as there is very little info from Amazon on this product. This review is mostly for the content of this STANDARD DEFINITION 7 Disc ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION Box Set released Sept. 22, 2009.

  Obviously, these are the 6 Original Paramount films with the Original Series cast.

  STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
  
  THE WRATH OF KHAN
  
  THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
  
  THE VOYAGE HOME
  
  THE FINAL FRONTIER
  
  and THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY

  Every film in this set is the Original Widescreen Theatrical Version. The 7th Bonus Disc is THE CAPTAINS’ SUMMIT. A 70 minute round table discussion with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and host Whoopi Goldberg.

  Each Movie Disc includes commentaries, a few short Special Features, and NO theatrical trailers. The Insert Card states: 2 1/2 hours of Special Features. My guess is that they’re leftovers from the previous 2 Disc Editions for each film, none of which I’ve ever owned. So, don’t take my word for it. (Anyone that thinks 5 Stars may be too generous for this Edition, I only really care about the films. And, the way they look and sound. SFs are of secondary concern to me.)

  Sound for all the films is 5.1 Dolby Digital EX and maintains a good presence. There is NO 2.1 or DTS setting. As usual with big studio blockbusters, music is too far forward in the mix for my taste, and dialogue is at a lower volume. (For optimal home theater playback, your center channel should always be set at a hotter level than your front speakers. Here’s a good starting point for louder films: The individual speaker volume levels for my surround receiver go to 12. Please, no Spinal Tap jokes. I usually leave my L/R front speakers at level 4, and make my center channel all-the-way hot at 12. I always leave my rear effects speakers at 8 or 10. My Velodyne subwoofer is usually set at -7 because I have neighbors, and the darn thing really pumps those ultra low earthquake frequencies.)

  The transfers look EXCELLENT. I’ve perused them all, but I have only viewed the FIRST film in its entirety. Very nice. Good color timing. (NOSTALGIA ALERT: I really appreciate the primitive Special Effects, models, matte painting, and miniature photography of this era. With the advent of CG, these kinds of photographic effects are a rarity these days. The wormhole sequence is still awesome, and the VGER probe scene still looks really cool. I can’t wait to view the rest of the films. Especially THE WRATH OF KHAN!)

  This Box Set is a very handsome Edition. Each Disc comes in an ultra thin slipcase with a different cast member in silver on the cover of each case, with Shatner’s photo on the Bonus Disc. (I would have preferred the Original movie poster art for each film, but the design is unique for this Edition.)

  The Box has a 3D Trek logo on the front, is only 2″ deep, and doesn’t take up much shelf space. The entire Box is covered with a transparent slipcover that is open on the top and bottom. (CAREFUL: The insert card is glued to the outside and the bottom of the Box. If it comes off, the entire Box can fall thru the bottom of the outer slipcover and crash onto the floor. Remove it, put it under the slipcover, or throw it away.)

  A very affordable way to own the 6 Original films.

  SPOCK LIVES!

  Enjoy.
  Rating: 5 / 5

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